This video shows a sandbox tectonic model cross-section — a laboratory experiment simulating faulting, folding, and basin subsidence within layered sediments. The alternating light and dark layers represent sedimentary strata. The central depression and fractures indicate extension or rifting, forming a graben or fault-bounded basin. Follow Geology forum 1 for more interesting educational contents. #geology #faulting #folding #geologist #geologylovers #geologywonders #experiment | Geology forum

40 reactions | The main sense of slip across a strike-slip fault is horizontal. But the movement can be right lateral (ground on opposite side of fault is moving right with respect to the other block) or left lateral (ground opposite moves left). https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/fault_strike_slip_direction_left_lateral_and_right_lateral | EarthScope Consortium | Facebook